Mr Costas Kontes, Managing Director Med Cluster, V Group
Costas Kontes has been working as a Managing Director for the Med Cluster (Greece and Cyprus) of V.Group since 2016 while he has been previously serving as Business Development Manager for V. Group since 2008. He is responsible for the entire P&L of V. Group services in the region by operating a large fleet of Container, Bulk Carrier and Tanker / LPG vessels.
In his 16 years in the organization Costas has seen the Cluster growing from 30 ships to 130 ships today. Previously he has been serving the Cruise / Leisure sector, working for Iberojet Cruceros part of Carnival Corp Group in charge of the Marine and Technical operations out of Madrid Spain. Other positions held previously were with Martinoli SAM in Monaco managing the R - fleet with major milestone the successful initial launching of Oceania Cruises now part of Norwegian Cruise Line Group.
He has a BSc, MSc in Marine Engineering from Newcastle University Upon Tyne and an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Bayes Business School. And lately completed the Executive Leadership Development Course at Strathclyde Business School. He is holding the title of the Chartered Engineer from the British Engineering Council. Costas has served 8 years at The International Propeller Club Port of Piraeus as Secretary General and First Vice President.